Accessibility Statement

Standards Compliance

All pages on this site should follow Priorities 1 & 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

All pages on this site should validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict and use valid CSS.

All pages on this site should use structured semantic markup. H1 tags
should be used for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles etc. For example,
on this page, JAWS users can skip to the next section within the accessibility statement
by pressing ALT+INSERT+3. Opera users can skip sections by using "
S" and "W" to cycle forwards and backwards respectively
through headings.

Structural Markup

Web pages on this site should include 4 different areas:

A header bar

A side bar that includes the main site navigation

A main content area,

A footer.

When CSS (Cascading Styles Sheet) are not applied to a document (or when using a
screen reader), these four areas should rendered in the above order.

Access Keys

Pre-defined access (shortcut) keys often clash with keys set aside for use with other
software - including software that allows users with particular needs to browse the Web.

This site does not define access keys so that any potential clashes with other software are avoided.

Images

Unless they are purely decorative items, all images used on this web site should have
suitable text alternatives.

Content should be usable/accessible with images 'off' (disabled).

Links

Links should be written to make sense out of context.

The first link in every web page should be a "Skip Site Menu". This can be used to
jump directly to what is considered the main section of the page (the content).

Accessibility Resources

Further Information

The following links explain the many ways you can make the web more accessible to you.

Opera, a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.

Accessibility Services

HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.